Missionary Bible

The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it - from garden seeds to Scripture - is calamitously transformed on African soil. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family’s tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa.

DEAR PARENT OR TEACHER, We have four children and have been missionaries in Southeast Asia for the last twelve years. Three of our grown children have returned to America and are continuing to follow the Lord. Each child is active in a church; making a difference in this fallen world. My wife and I made plenty of mistakes as parents and thank God every day for the blessing of children who follow Him. Especially when we consider the statistic that over half of those who leave home as young adults also leave the church… forever. If you were to ask our children how they learned to follow ...

This is a FAITHFUL and MODERN translation of the book "Ministry of Healing" by Ellen G. White into contemporary English language. •Features the health message proclaimed by Ellen White to the Seventh-day Adventist church. •This book is a faithful translation perfect for studying and understanding one of Ellen White's most misunderstood and powerful works! One day, while sitting in a cold dining room at a church in Eastern Washington, I was part of a study group focused on The Ministry of Healing. We took turns reading through the main points of the book, discussing how we could adapt ...

Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. But Christopher Wright boldly maintains that mission is bigger than that - there is in fact a missional basis for the Bible. The entire Bible is generated by and is all about God's mission. In order to understand the Bible, we need a missional hermeneutic of the Bible, an interpretive perspective that is in tune with this great missional theme. We need to see the "big picture" of God's mission and how the familiar bits and pieces fit into the grand narrative of Scripture.

This short study contains 10 Bible lessons for personal Bible study or small group worship and study concerning the life and the ministry of The Apostle Paul, chosen as the 14th Disciple of Christ.

Set against the rich backdrop of Tanzanian life, Juma and the Soccer Field Curse is a powerful story of friendship, forgiveness, and the unstoppable impact of God’s love. One mistake. One curse. One chance to make things right. Ten-year-old Juma loves his life in Tanzania—playing soccer with his friends, helping at his family’s dukani, and laughing with his noisy cousins. But everything changes the day a terrible accident leaves his best friend, Ibrahim, seriously injured. Blamed for what happened, Ibrahim’s grandmother curses Juma, and soon, bad luck seems to follow him everywhere....

On the sunlit slopes of Nightingale Mountain near Ephesus, Rachel seeks love and belonging. She discovers both with Mary the mother of Jesus and John the Evangelist. Then her father’s hidden past casts a shadow, threatening the future she hopes for. Meanwhile, far away on the road to Damascus, Saul of Tarsus sets out to destroy followers of Jesus. But a dramatic encounter with the risen Christ leaves him blinded, healed, baptized, and called into a mission he never expected. This turning point lays the groundwork for missionary journeys that will one day spread the Good News across the ...

This Bible study guide takes you through the life of Paul in seven weekly or 50 daily parts. Paul the Apostle began as Saul of Tarsus. At first, Saul arrested Christians. Then he became a Christian as well as a missionary who tried to persuade others to become Christians too! This book presents Paul’s story in 50 daily parts. You can read it all at once or study it one day at a time. Much of the content comes from the New Testament book of Acts in the Bible. The author weaves in historical facts and geographical details. The purpose of this book is to help you deepen your relationship ...

In Azusa Street Mission and Revival, Cecil M. Robeck Jr. brings to bear expertise from decades of focused study in church history to reveal the captivating story of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Los Angeles, which became known as the Azusa Street Mission. From humble beginnings with few resources, this small, uniquely diverse, and inclusive congregation led by William J. Seymour ignited a fire that quickly grew into a blaze and spread across the world, giving rise to the global Pentecostal movement.

As America's first foreign missionary, Adoniram Judson thirsted to see the Good News brought to the shrouded land of Burma. His thirst would be quenched, but at an unimaginable price. Adoniram survived starvation, imprisonment, and torture both on land and at sea only to watch his family, coworkers, and friends succumb to death. In spite of heartache and depression, Adoniram Judson translated the entire Bible into Burmese. To this day his work remains the only Burmese translation of the Bible available.

Steve Saint was five years old when his father, missionary pilot Nate Saint, was speared to death by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe. In adulthood, Steve, having left Ecuador for a successful business career, never imagined making the jungle his home again. But when that same tribe asks him to help them, Steve, his wife, and their teenage children move back to the jungle. There, Steve learns long-buried secrets about his father's murder, confronts difficult choices, and finds himself caught between two worlds.

A young tribesman from the mountains of Yunnan Province, China, was brought to the Adullum mission. This young man, untalented, uneducated, just out of heathenism, received the Holy Spirit and then returned home to his own people. An outpouring of the Holy Spirit immediately followed in his village. The Pentecostal fire spread over mountain and valley. Through outpourings of the Holy Spirit attended by revelations and prophecy, settlement after settlement was stirred and a great turning to God followed. The accounts of evangelism, Bible study periods, conversions, robber attacks and the ...

Just like we do today, the writers and chief actors of the Old Testament felt a deep longing for the presence of God. It is symbolized in the temple ruins, and before it the temple itself, and before that the ark of the covenant and the tabernacle that housed it, and before that the Garden of Eden. In response to this longing, God shares his ultimate mission, in which his people play a part: the expansion of Eden, the temple of God's presence, to all peoples throughout the earth.

In The Mission of God's People, Wright argues that having a strong biblical theology that shapes our thinking and behavior must be in place before answering the call of the Great Commission. Wright first steps back and answers some of the biggest questions of God's story and our place within it. Part of the Biblical Theology for Life series, this practical and robust audiobook will help you and your church ground your witness-bearing purpose and worship on the solid foundation of biblical understanding and reflection.

A captivating and very readable account of the Christian missionary experiences of a family serving in Nigeria for more than thirty years and helping to birth what has become the largest nondenominational seminary in Africa, with 800 pastors in training from more than 100 denominations. The author starts with both the goods news and the bad news about the challenges of modern Nigeria, and carries the reader through the development of one of Africa’s most strategic theological schools, West Africa Theological Seminary. In the Introduction, Dr. Timothy Tennent, president of Asbury ...

The only sinless man, who gave up everything for the love of horrible people who killed him. Who is Jesus for a thousand? Yes! The Bible is made up of 66 books written by 40 men over 1,500 years that tells one cohesive story from the beginning of the world till its end. God spoke to His prophets, and they recorded His words in those books for His people to live by--both then and now. All scripture is STILL good for teaching. God also gave the writers visions of the future. Some came true with Jesus, and others will come true when He returns. In the Bible days, if a prophet gave ONE wrong ...

READER, These were God’s words to Joshua, sometime after he had led Israel into the land of Canaan. I know none more applicable to the subject I want to bring before you this day.—That subject is “Missions to the Heathen, and the Church Missionary Society.” When Joshua spoke these words, something had been done by Israel, but much was left un-done.—Some tribes had received their inheritance;—the greater part were yet without it. Some land was possessed, but much still remained to be possessed.—They had everything to en¬courage them. The Lord of hosts had done great things for...

“YE ARE THE SALT OP THE EARTH: BUT IF THE SALT HAVE LOST HIS SAVOUR, WHEREWITH SHALL IT BE SALTED? IT IS THENCEFORTH GOOD POR NOTHING, BUT TO BE CAST OUT, AND TO BE TRODDEN UNDER FOOT OP MEN.” The words which we have before us naturally and most conveniently suggest a threefold division of the subject. First, there is a dignity: “Ye are the salt of the earth.” Then, secondly, a danger—that of losing our savour; a thing the more dangerous, as we are appointed not to get a savour from others, but to impart one to them. And then, thirdly, a doom; such savourless salt shall “be cast...

Cyprus is known for its beautiful beaches, spectacular sunsets, and wonderful climate. Vacationers by the thousands come here each year to enjoy this island of adventure and frolic. Cyprus has always been recognized for its beauty and mild climate, as well as its strategic location. Through the centuries each competing culture has left its mark on the culture we have come to know as "Cypriot." Each invading ethnic group left archaeological monuments and a rich history, and an identity that has been linked together into a mosaic of sight, sound, language, religion, and culinary delights. In ...

Joshua and the Promised Land is an insightful analysis of the conditions required for God's people to cross the Jordan River, enter the Promised Land, and win their battles. The types and figures from the book of Joshua are key foreshadows of what is required for us to enter into the fullness of our God-given inheritance and blessing today.